Posts about the group and/or website updates
A new year is upon us and with it brings a new schedule. We will being meeting on Tuesday nights for our weekly gatherings. The times will remain the same. Dinner served at 6:30 and ending 9:00 promptly. (For the kids sake.)
Thanks so much for being a part of our lives. See you Tuesday night for bakes ziti!
It has been a wonderful Thanksgiving week. Lindsay and I spent a great amount of time relaxing with friends and family. I look forward to seeing you all soon. It has been too long since we got together last.
The next time we get together we will go over the Spiritual Gift Test. You can download it here: http://cl.ly/1r1t0Q0n1I2G0V0r1h0t. Feel free to complete it before hand or on Thursday night. I was considering having Thanksgiving day leftovers, but I am sure you are all sick of turkey. I will update this post when we figure out what we are going to do for dinner.
How has your Thanksgiving week been?
Our Thanksgiving Day Bird
No BRIC House this week gang. Lindsay is still really run-down. She has a nasty chest thing going on. It is all she can do to muster up the energy to watch the kids during the day. I also have a bit of a sinus thing going on.
So take the night and stay in your pajamas. If we are feeling up to it, maybe we can do a Google Hangout (Group Video) tonight.
I do have some things planned out. I think next week we are going to talk about “How to study the Bible.” We can share what some of the methods we all use. From the real simple, to the real nerdy. Then I think we are going to apply those tricks to the book of 1 Peter.
See you next week!
My family will be serving on July 16th with Northland. Want to join us? Here are the details: http://www.northlandchurch.net/calendar/details/local_serve_day1/
Tonight (Thursday the 23rd, tomorrow night at the time of this writing), Isaac is bringing a lesson. I am looking forward to what he brings.
What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. (1 Corinthians 14:26 ESV)
I wanted to share some of my thoughts regarding the recent Organic Greenhouse Church Planting Training.
Neil Cole Teaching
It was wonderful! There were about 10-12 of us in the 2nd Story. The teaching built upon the previous taught foundation (The First Story) and like its predecessor, was full of spiritual truth married with a great practical applications.
We discussed:
I can’t recommend these sessions enough. It was great to listen to Neil Cole. He is an excellent teacher exhibiting both intellect and heart. (I actually cried at one point.) Things that I walked away with:
I hope I can share some of the things I learned with you over the course of the next few weeks. The next time one comes back through, definitely check it out!
Tonight we are going to here about Mickey’s recent missions trip to Haiti. He will present the story with pictures taken in the field. Please join us for communion and a great time together.
We are cancelling tomorrow’s Party in the Park. We just didn’t have the turn out because of everyone’s schedule. Have no fear though, the summer is just starting and there should be plenty of time to get together, God willing.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
We want to get together with our families to have a great day in the park, celebrating the end of our 40 days of prayer and fasting (or for the observation of the beginning of the Lenten season.)
It will be on Saturday, April 9 · 9:00am - 3:00pm. Click here for the sign up sheet: http://bit.ly/BRICiWILLParkParty
You can RSVP on the Facebook Event.
From the park’s website:
Location: East of I-4 on Lake Mary Blvd, right on Longwood / Lake Mary Road, right on Greenway Blvd.
Park Size: 14 acres
Description: This is a beautifully hammocked 14 acre park located near Lake Mary High School off Longwood/Lake Mary Road on Greenway Boulevard. This park was developed in 1990 with a playground and tot lot, restrooms, pavilion, jogging trail, volleyball courts, ball field, lighted tennis courts, lighted roller hockey rink, and paved parking.
Hope you can make it!
I have always invisioned a house church, a body of committed Christ followers working together to better the community they were a part of. It can be very easy to get into a routine and to have our focus be all about ourselves.
So to help avoid that, here is a list of some ministry opportunities that I would love for our group to think about doing together! Here are some ideas:
Time: 5:15pm – 9:00pm
Details: GKTW Village creates magical memories for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. SERVE DINNER to children and their families at the Gingerbread house! Must be over 12 years of age. Waiver & application form is mandatory for this project. Background checks will be performed. Registration Deadline for this project is Friday, April 8th. Team leader will email you all forms and details for this project.
Time: 10:00 AM – 02:00 PM
Details: Greeters, parking attendants, activity helpers, and many more opportunities available at this fun environmental event.
Time: 07:00 AM – 09:00 AM
Details: Help with this breakfast event for citizens to benefit a local charity. Opportunity takes place in Longwood.
If none of these seem like something we can all do, please have a look at the following sources and please suggest some to the group at the next gathering.
